"It was only after Brown vs. Board, after Little Rock, after desegregation began, that South Carolinians put up the flag on the statehouse, that other states in the South adopted the battle flag as part of their state flags," Robinson said. "So it was massive resistance."

After the racially charged American tragedy in Charleston on June 17, South Carolina Congressmen, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and various universities in the state called for removal of the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds in Columbia.

On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley ordered the removal of four Confederate flags from the Alabama Capitol grounds in Montgomery.

On Friday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, making Obergefell v. Hodges a historic case in American history.

Hate does not rule in the United States.

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